cordón

See also: cordon

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French cordon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈdon/ [koɾˈð̞õn]

• Audio (Costa Rica):

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: cor‧dón

Noun

cordón m (plural cordones)

1. cord

   Synonym: cuerda

2. lace, string

   Synonym: cordel

3. shoelace, bootlace, lacing

   Synonym: cordonera

4. drawstring, drawcord
5. lanyard

   Synonym: acollador

6. (military) aiguillette
   • 1916, Horacio Quiroga, La guerra de los yacarés:

     El Surubí, que se había enamorado del cinturón y los cordones del oficial, pidío que se los regalaran, y tuvo que sacárselos de entre los dientes al viejo yacaré, pues habían quedado enredados allí.

     (The catfish) Surubí, who had fallen in love with the officer's belt and aiguillettes, requested them be given to him as a gift, and had to get them out of the old cayman's teeth, as they had become entangled there.

7. (Costa Rica, Bolivia, Paraguay, Rioplatense) curb

   Synonym: bordillo

8. (Bolivia, Paraguay) clothesline

Derived terms

• acordonar
• corbata de cordón
• cordón de cardenal
• cordón de seguridad
• cordón sanitario
• cordón umbilical

Related terms

• cordel
• cuerda

Further reading

• “cordón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10